Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-1715: Vocational Rehabilitation Series
The text below is extracted verbatim from
Section IV-B of the Operating Manual for Qualification Standards
for General Schedule Positions (p.IV-B-219), but contains minor edits
to conform to web-page requirements.
Use these individual occupational requirements in conjunction with
the "Group Coverage Qualification Standard for
Administrative and Management Positions."
EDUCATION
Major study--vocational rehabilitation, vocational or educational
counseling, or other fields related to the position.
OR
EXPERIENCE
Experience that provided a knowledge of training practices,
techniques, and requirements as they relate to vocational development or rehabilitation.
Examples of qualifying
specialized experience include:
- Work that required obtaining and applying occupational information for people with
disabilities, knowledge of the interrelationships of the involved professional and
specialist services, and skill in employing the methodology and techniques of counseling to
motivate and encourage individuals served by the program.
- Experience that demonstrated knowledge of the vocational rehabilitation problems
characteristic of the disabled, including familiarity with available resources and
skill in identifying, evaluating, and making effective use of such resources to serve
individuals with disabilities; or of the disadvantaged, including knowledge of
adjustment problems of the educationally or culturally disadvantaged, familiarity with
available adult education and training resources, and ability to recognize problem areas
needing special attention.
- Experience in vocational guidance or teaching in a recognized vocational rehabilitation
program or school, developmental or supervisory work in programs of vocational
rehabilitation or training programs for the disadvantaged, or personnel or employment
placement work that provided extensive knowledge of the training and adjustment
requirements necessary to place persons having disabilities or social adjustment problems.
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